Tablet attachment for the frames of purses



(No Model.)

L. B. PRAHAR. TABLET ATTACHMENT FOR THE FRAMES 0F PURSES. No. 430,351Patented June 17, 1890.

IN VENTOH A TTOFINEYS 1 UNITED STATES- 1 PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TABLET ATTACHMENT FOR THE FRAMES'OF PURSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,351, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed January 18, 1890. Serial No. 337,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS B. PRAHAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Tablet Attachmentfor theFrames of Purses, &c., of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to a tablet attachment for the frames of purses,chatelaine bags, and other analogous articles, and has for its object toprovide a means whereby one or more leaves or tablets may be made toconstitute virtuallya portion of the frame, or be attached thereto,which leaves or tablets will be convenient of access and may beconcealed when not in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective View of a purse having the invention appliedthereto, the tablets being concealed; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of thepurse with the tablets disclosed.

It is the prime object of the invention-to obviate the necessity ofcarrying shoppingtablets loosely in a purse or bag or in the pocket, andto so construct the frame of a purse or bag that one or more tabletsadapted to receive memoranda may be rendered visible when required foruse or reference and concealed when not so needed, thus adding to theutility of the article to which they are attached, and also avoiding theinconveniences often experienced by shoppers namely, their inability toreadily find the tablet among the many articles contained in the pocketor bag and the liability to forget or to readily lose such tablet.

In the drawings I have illustrated the invention as applied to the fiatframe of a purse, the said frame consisting of a ring 10, to which thebody of the purse is secured, a cover-plate 11, hinged to the said frameand provided with any approved form of catch, and an auxiliarycover-plate 12, pivoted upon the main cover-plate 11 in such manner thatit may be swung laterally upon the main cover-plate to disclose thesame, as best illustrated in Fig. 2.

The tablets 13 are in this instance cut to correspond with the contourof the main cover-plate, which is provided with a depression 14 in itsupper face to receive them; or instead the depression may be formed inthe under surface of the auxiliary cover-plate.

The tablets 13 may be made of any suitable material capable of beingWritten upon by a slate or by a lead pencil, and having the surface soprepared that the marks may be erased, the preferred material employedbeing something similar to silicate, celluloid, or

zylonite.

The tablets may be attached to the frame in many ways, the mode ofattachment illustrated consisting in pivoting the leaves between theauxiliary and main cover plates upon the pivotal pin of the former; butI desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself tothis mode of applying the tablets, as they may be secured in anyapproved manner to the under face of the main cover-plate or to anyportion of a bag or purse frame best adapted to receive and concealthem.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a purse,pocket-book, or bag frame having one member thereof provided with aseries of hinged memoranda-tablets and with a hinged cover for the saidtablets, as specified.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a purse-frame having a hingedcover provided with a series of tablets hinged thereto and with a hingedcover for the tablets, as set forth.

. LOUIS B. PRAHAR.

Witnesses:

J. F. ACKER, J r., EDGAR TATE.

